.NET Core Job Trends in England

.NET Core
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 310 126
Rank change year-on-year +22 -184 +35
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 530 365 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.96% 2.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.34% 4.91% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 500 309 1,777
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,550
25th Percentile £48,625 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +12.28% -12.31%
75th Percentile £74,063 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.61% +13.18% -12.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET Core falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,359 7,435 17,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.08% 19.58% 19.83%
Number of salaries quoted 6,361 5,069 14,220
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,698 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,367 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +10.61% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET Core relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

.NET Core job vacancy trend in England

.NET Core
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Core within the England region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +6 134 £55,000 -8.33% 52
South East +33 99 £57,500 +15.00% 49
London -63 83 £85,000 +6.25% 48
Midlands +6 81 £55,000 +4.76% 25
North West +4 72 £55,000 -8.33% 28
East of England +30 67 £85,000 +54.55% 20
South West -25 60 £52,500 -16.00% 11
East Midlands -2 44 £55,000 +4.76% 12
North East -9 41 £65,000 +44.44% 11
West Midlands -29 37 £55,000 -7.56% 13
Yorkshire -51 21 £52,500 -12.50% 15
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.70%) IIS
3 4 (0.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Magento
1 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
2 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 369 (69.62%) Azure
2 113 (21.32%) Azure DevOps
3 86 (16.23%) AWS
4 66 (12.45%) GitHub
5 49 (9.25%) Azure Logic Apps
6 48 (9.06%) Azure AI
6 48 (9.06%) SaaS
7 45 (8.49%) GitHub Copilot
7 45 (8.49%) Serverless
8 41 (7.74%) Power Platform
9 25 (4.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 24 (4.53%) Azure Functions
10 24 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
10 24 (4.53%) Power Automate
10 24 (4.53%) PowerApps
11 22 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
12 21 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (3.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (3.58%) OneDrive
14 18 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.21%) Internet
2 3 (0.57%) HTTPS
2 3 (0.57%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.38%) Firewall
4 1 (0.19%) AMQP
4 1 (0.19%) Modbus
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (33.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 150 (28.30%) SQL Server
3 131 (24.72%) MongoDB
4 47 (8.87%) Elasticsearch
5 35 (6.60%) Power BI
6 22 (4.15%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (2.64%) MySQL
9 8 (1.51%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.32%) Redis
11 6 (1.13%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.94%) GIS
13 4 (0.75%) NonStop SQL
14 2 (0.38%) MariaDB
15 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
15 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
15 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (7.36%) Git
2 7 (1.32%) GitLab
3 6 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.75%) JIRA
4 4 (0.75%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.57%) Vite
6 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.38%) MSTest
6 2 (0.38%) NUnit
6 2 (0.38%) webpack
7 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.19%) Selenium
7 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 77 (14.53%) Finance
2 50 (9.43%) Social Skills
3 22 (4.15%) Games
4 17 (3.21%) Advertising
4 17 (3.21%) Banking
4 17 (3.21%) Retail
5 12 (2.26%) Marketing
6 10 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (1.70%) Automotive
7 9 (1.70%) Front Office
8 8 (1.51%) Law
9 6 (1.13%) Public Sector
10 5 (0.94%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.94%) Legal
10 5 (0.94%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.75%) Back Office
11 4 (0.75%) Electronics
11 4 (0.75%) Music Industry
12 3 (0.57%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 405 (76.42%) Developer
2 253 (47.74%) .NET Developer
3 113 (21.32%) Senior
4 111 (20.94%) Software Developer
5 67 (12.64%) C# Developer
6 66 (12.45%) Senior Developer
7 56 (10.57%) C# .NET Developer
8 51 (9.62%) Lead
9 48 (9.06%) Software Engineer
10 47 (8.87%) Full-Stack Developer
11 32 (6.04%) Senior Software Developer
12 29 (5.47%) .NET Software Developer
12 29 (5.47%) Lead Developer
13 26 (4.91%) .NET Software Engineer
13 26 (4.91%) Senior Software Engineer
14 22 (4.15%) C# Software Developer
15 21 (3.96%) Azure Developer
15 21 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
15 21 (3.96%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 20 (3.77%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 530 (100.00%) .NET
2 241 (45.47%) ASP.NET
3 172 (32.45%) ASP.NET Core
4 121 (22.83%) React
5 112 (21.13%) HTML
6 111 (20.94%) CSS
7 103 (19.43%) Entity Framework
8 102 (19.25%) Blazor
9 95 (17.92%) .NET Framework
9 95 (17.92%) RESTful
10 83 (15.66%) Vue
11 73 (13.77%) AngularJS
12 70 (13.21%) ASP.NET Web API
13 65 (12.26%) Node.js
14 48 (9.06%) ML.NET
15 44 (8.30%) LINQ
16 40 (7.55%) REST
17 38 (7.17%) JSON
18 21 (3.96%) Microsoft Graph
19 19 (3.58%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.55%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (4.72%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.15%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 13 (2.45%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.26%) Hedge funds
6 12 (2.26%) Sports Betting
7 10 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.70%) Digital TV
8 9 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.32%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.32%) iPhone
9 7 (1.32%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.32%) Social Network
10 6 (1.13%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.13%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.75%) BBC
12 4 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.45%) VMS
2 7 (1.32%) Android
2 7 (1.32%) Windows
3 5 (0.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (47.92%) Full-Stack Development
2 212 (40.00%) Agile
3 158 (29.81%) CI/CD
4 145 (27.36%) DevOps
5 101 (19.06%) Microservices
6 95 (17.92%) Software Engineering
7 68 (12.83%) Machine Learning
8 67 (12.64%) AI
9 61 (11.51%) Multithreading
10 53 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (9.81%) Containerisation
11 52 (9.81%) SDLC
12 51 (9.62%) OO
13 46 (8.68%) MVC
14 44 (8.30%) User Experience
15 41 (7.74%) Analytics
16 39 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
17 37 (6.98%) Clean Code
18 35 (6.60%) Collaborative Culture
19 34 (6.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 481 (90.75%) C#
2 287 (54.15%) SQL
3 151 (28.49%) JavaScript
4 111 (20.94%) TypeScript
5 38 (7.17%) PowerShell
6 19 (3.58%) Python
7 12 (2.26%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (1.51%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.94%) Bash
10 4 (0.75%) Bicep
10 4 (0.75%) Java
11 3 (0.57%) PHP
11 3 (0.57%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.19%) C++
12 1 (0.19%) F#
Qualifications
1 36 (6.79%) Degree
2 16 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.70%) AWS Certification
4 7 (1.32%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.13%) AWS Certified Developer
6 5 (0.94%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.38%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.38%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.40%) QA
2 10 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.38%) GDPR
3 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.38%) ITGC
3 2 (0.38%) SLA
4 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 117 (22.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 102 (19.25%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.91%) Terraform
Vendors
1 248 (46.79%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.58%) Adobe
3 18 (3.40%) Google
4 16 (3.02%) Facebook
5 7 (1.32%) YouTube
6 5 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (0.75%) Apple
7 4 (0.75%) Sony
7 4 (0.75%) Workday
7 4 (0.75%) Yahoo!
8 3 (0.57%) Splunk
9 2 (0.38%) Foundry
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle
9 2 (0.38%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.19%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.19%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.19%) Reuters
10 1 (0.19%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.19%) WooCommerce